Broca's region: From action to language

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作者
Nishitani, N [1 ]
Schürmann, M
Amunts, K
Hari, R
机构
[1] Natl Rehabil Ctr Persons Disabil, Inst Res, Dept Rehabil Sensory Funct, Cognit Funct Sect, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
[2] Aalto Univ, Low Temp Lab, Brain Res Unit, FIN-02150 Espoo, Finland
[3] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Med, Julich, Germany
[4] Univ Helsinki, Dept Clin Neurophysiol, Helsinki, Finland
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10.1152/physiol.00043.2004
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Q4 [生理学];
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071003 ;
摘要
Broca's region, classically considered a motor speech-production area, is involved in action understanding and imitation. it also seems to help in sequencing of actions. Broca's region might have evolved for interindividual communication, both by gestures and speech.
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